(Closed) Our photographer backed out..

Last week on Saturday I got a message on facebook from the photographer we had contracted to do our wedding photography telling me she was no longer to do it b/c her cousin was moving sooner than expected and she told him she would go visit him and totally forgot about my wedding until much later. I was annoyed and started freaking out because I have 53days to go and good photogs are pretty hard to find. She said she had a friend that could do it for us and I asked for his number but I never heard from her after. Luckily I found another photographer who does pretty amazing at a great price and we’ll actually be under budget a couple hundred WOOO! I’m so glad things worked out and we’ll have the contract signed with her by Monday. I feel like I can be excited again!

I would check with a lawyer. I think that since you had a signed contract that she can’t back out to “visit” her cousin. I think you have case to sue her. Look at your contract and see what the cancellation clause says.

I’m happy you found someone better AND cheaper! What a great development.

Did you pay anything to the original one? I would try to get it back if you did. Oh, and I definitely would leave some online reviews because that is CRAZY that she would back out for that reason. And, no offense, but who contacts their client via FB?

Agree that online reviews are a great idea. What sort of “professional” does this? Good luck with booking any future weddings- think of all the referrals she potentially lost (found my photographer from another Bee.)

Did you sign a contract and pay a deposit to the original photographer? If so, she needs to refund you 100%. That’s totally unprofessional of her. I’m glad you found another photographer and it’s saving you some $$$.

She was a student photographer. I figured we would contract her and help her out since she would need opportunities like this to build her portfolio but I guess the experience wasn’t worth it. We didn’t sign a contract with her or give a deposit b/c she never gave me a date or time too even though I brought it up on numerous occasions.lilbluebird I found her on craigslist and her add said to contact her via FB. I guess that should have been a redflag anyway crisis averted and I can’t wait to see the awesome job our new photographer is going to do. On the bright side only 57 more days til I am officially a MRS. 🙂